Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James McCully was in the lab extracting tiny structures called mitochondria from cells when researchers on his team rushed in.

Mitochondria are well known as energy suppliers, and powerhouses of cells, but they have other crucial functions as well. One of those functions is outcompeting pathogens for resources, according to ...

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, power every heartbeat, thought, and movement. When they fail, organs that need ...

Sometimes I read a paper that literally gives me goosebumps—not because it gave me the answer to a question I’ve been seeking ...

Human egg cells, called oocytes, have to last a long time. They are created before birth, and if they are healthy, they stay viable for many years before they might be fertilized. New research has ...

Researchers at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) have developed MitoCatch, a system that enables targeted delivery of healthy mitochondria to specific cell types. By ...

Scientists have published new research showing light-activated proteins can help normalize dysfunction within cells. The technique helps naturally balance mitochondria. New research from the ...

Mitochondrial defects are associated with the development of diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). Studies in mice and in human tissues, by researchers at the University of Michigan, have now found ...

Chinese researchers have recently made a breakthrough by developing a novel and highly efficient mitochondrial capsule transplantation therapy, achieving the safe and efficient transplantation of ...